The pace of the Durrrr Challenge has finally gone past the turtle stage and into something we can be excited about. The boys got together on the night of March 23rd for an interesting session, so lets take a look at some of the hands.
durrrr Doubles Up on the First Hand
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
durrrr (BB): $60000.00
Patrik Antonius (BTN/SB): $40000.00
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
Patrik Antonius raises to $1200, durrrr calls $800
Flop: ($2400.00) Tc 6c 5h (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $2400, durrrr raises to $8900, Patrik Antonius calls $6500
Turn: ($20200.00) 7h (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $20200, durrrr raises to $40400, Patrik Antonius calls $9700 all in
River: ($80000.00) Jh (2 players – 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $80000.00
durrrr shows Kh 9h 8c Qd (a flush, King high)
Patrik Antonius shows 8h 6d Td Ad (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
durrrr wins $79999.50
(Rake: $0.50)
Hand Analysis
Preflop we see Antonius lead out with a raise with 8-6-T-A double suited and get called by durrrr’s K-9-8-Q single suited. At the flop durrrr has some uninspired draws while Antonius flops two pair and the raise that durrrr throws in is flatted. The 7 of hearts comes, just what the doctor ordered for Dwan who uses his 9-8 cards for the straight as well as holding a King-high flush draw. Antonius keeps his two pair plus a straight draw, and at this point both get it in, but Dwan looks much better than Antonius with a dominating 90-10% lead. The Jack of Hearts spikes the river, giving durrrr the winning flush and a whopping $79,999.50 pot.
durrrr Flops a Full House in the Biggest Pot of the Day
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
durrrr (BB): $159391.50
Patrik Antonius (BTN/SB): $40592.00
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
Patrik Antonius raises to $1200, durrrr calls $800
Flop: ($2400.00) Qc 6d 6s (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $2000, durrrr calls $2000
Turn: ($6400.00) 8d (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $5200, durrrr calls $5200
River: ($16800.00) Ad (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $12800, durrrr raises to $55200, Patrik Antonius calls $19392 all in
Final Pot: $81184.00
durrrr shows Qh 7d Qs 7c (a full house, Queens full of Sixes)
Hand Analysis
It seems almost a given conclusion that every hand played in the challenge starts out with the button making a 3x raise and it being flatted every time by the Big Blind, and this hand is no different. We know that durrrr is holding Q-7-Q-7 rainbow which isn’t anything special preflop for Omaha, but the flop certainly is with durrrr nailing the second nuts for a boat. We’ve seen durrrr check-raise in the last hand and this time with the monster he check-calls. The Eight of diamonds turn doesn’t worry durrrr at all; again the mission here is to get money into the middle and again we see a check-call. The river brings an Ace of diamonds, so unless Antonius has a 6-6-x-x or A-A-x-x hand he’s dominated. We see durrrr check-raise to put Antonius all in. We don’t get to see Antonius’s hand but we’re guessing he might have made that river flush or had an underfull.
